Soy Cristiano

Moving to live in Mexico has been an incredible experience - at the top of the list is that it has sharpened my understanding of my daily dependence on God and that is a platform that He uses to display His loving kindness in the daily provisions and blessing He pours out.  Yes, the more we recognize our need for Him in our life and turn to Him, the more we are encouraged to find His faithfulness in meeting our every need and so much more.  The inverse is true .... the more we try to go it alone, the more we miss out on seeing the loving hand of God that is opened toward us, full of blessings.

I have also had the opportunity to see the beauty of this country that I never new of - from the sea to the mountains and most of all the people and the local culture that is filled with colorful richness.  And I have only been here for a little over 5 months, just barely getting into the swing of things.  Part of my effort to get into the swing of things was to start taking spanish lessons.  I didn't start until about 2 months back, but am leaning into it now and increasing cada dia (each day.)  One of my personal favorites that I have learned to say is the title of this blog - a net sentence affirming that I am a Christian, Soy Cristiano!

The first word is a form of SER, on of two verbs that means to be.  Ser describes the state of being which is permanent while the other verb, Estar, describes temporay or transitional.  I think I got that second part correct - kind of like I am (ser) a human being versus I am (estar) in my house .... the latter can change, the former won't.  So when I say I am a Christian in Spanish I use ser .... Soy Cristano.  It won't change, I am forever Christ's for He has saved me by His grace, through the faith He gave me - the faith I have in Him, His death on the Cross to cover the penalty for my sin which separated me from God and His life as my Lord.  

There are many other phrases and sentences me gusto mucho (I like a lot), but when I utter the words Soy Cristiano, I am reminded immediately that I am Christ's, He has an unshakeable hold on me, He is ever for me and therefore none can be against me and my hope and salvation is secure in Him.  With that I give praise and thanks.  I pray you too have the same confidence and joy, in whatever language you use to proclaim it.  Dios Te Bendiga .... God Bless!